Whitney Erin Wernick

Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Wernick spent her childhood focused on art. Starting from finger painting to sketching in all of her notebooks, she was always drawing, or painting, or creating something. Fast forward to grade school, where she took a High School Art History class and had the opportunity to travel to London and Paris for 2 weeks, her love for art history expanded tremendously. Working harder than she ever had, she made it London/Paris in March of 2013. Jump forward a few months, and she is driving to Santa Fe, NM, with her mom to visit one of 4 colleges on her list. Coming up over that hill on i55 in Eldorado, Wernick saw Santa Fe, NM, for the first time with her own eyes. Nestled snugly against the landscape, the sun setting just over the mountains, she knew this was her home away from home. "This is it," she said.

 

Starting college as a fine artist, in sophomore year, Wernick took an 'Intro to Darkroom' class at Santa Fe University of Art and Design to better understand the tool she had been using to help create her paintings. Wernick instantly fell in love with the medium and was quite literally living in the studio and darkroom shortly after. That's when the fun started. A medium that was assisting in how